Political and Legislative
Biden Announces That Recipients Will Lose Unemployment Benefits If They Turn Down a ‘Suitable’ Job
President Biden announced Monday that his administration would affirm that workers cannot turn down a “suitable” job they are offered and continue to take federal unemployment benefits.
“We’re going to make it clear that anyone who is collecting unemployment who is offered a suitable job must take the job or lose their unemployment benefits,” Biden said in remarks on the economy from the East Room, noting there would be “a few COVID-19-related exceptions” to the guidance.
After a monthly report showed a slowdown in job growth last week, Republicans and business groups have argued that the supplemental unemployment benefits incentivized people not to work and should be done away with.
